A FASTENER FOR A BARN DOOR.
There arc all kinds of fastenings used for the heavy door« of out-buildings. A fastening at once secure and cheap, and which any one possessed of some mechanical skill can make for himself, is the one here reengraved from the American Ayriottturist. The correspondent who sends the sketch of it thus describes its construction ;— lt consists of a lever pivoted by a half inch bolt
to the middle cleat of the dooi , with a baton each side of the pivot, playing loosely on a bolt by which it is attached to the lever. One of the bars iits into a slot above the door and the other in a similar slob in the door sill. By depressing the end of the lever the bars are thrown into the slots and hold the door securely fastened. When it is desired to open ifc, the lever is raised and the bars are with drawn to the position shown in the engraving. The ends of the bars are held in place by rabbeted cleats, through which they slide freely. The only special expense involved is the trifling cost of the three half-inch carriage bolts.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 277, 30 June 1888, Page 6
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197A FASTENER FOR A BARN DOOR. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 277, 30 June 1888, Page 6
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